KNYSNA SWIMMING NEWS - Local swimming prodigy Aimee Canny is gearing up for her return to national competition with the SA Short Course Championships coming up this weekend in Pietermaritzburg.
Earlier this year, Aimee's goal was to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo via the SA National Aquatics Championships which were to take place in early April.
Even though this event was cancelled, Aimee continued to work hard during lockdown, focusing on "dry-land" workouts until she was able to return to the water in July.
Despite the lack of any competition for months, in August Aimee was named in the Swimming SA (SSA) national senior youth and national open squads by virtue of her national rankings.
This was the first time she achieved the latter.
In training earlier this week, Aimee looked in fine form, and with her excitement growing more and more by the day, she will undoubtedly be looking to break more ground in the pool come this weekend in Pietermaritzburg.
Aimee training in the pool.
Read more in Thursday's Knysna-Plett Herald, as well as online.
The difference between short and long course is the length of the pool. A 25m pool is short course, and a 50m pool is long course.
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